Andy Parsons, at the Oxford Playhouse

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Where’s the outrage? On tour a couple of years ago, Andy Parsons — the bald
geezer on Mock the Week with the D’Artagnanesque facial hair — was
bubbling over with righteous and very funny indignation about the banks and
the coalition. Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that he can’t work up quite
as much passion about it all this time.

Nick Clegg gets a slap, as usual, but the half-hearted sortie against Boris
Johnson is another reminder that comedians can’t quite get a handle on that
shrewdly packaged quiz show persona. Although the NHS rates a ritual
mention, the title